The judges held that, as Prime Minister, Thaksin was "supposed to work for the benefit of the public. (Thomas Fuller, Thai Court Convicts Ex-Premier for Conflict in Land Deal, THE NEW YORK TIMES (Oct. 21, 2008).)The draft law, whose scope was widened by a parliamentary committee, proposes a broad amnesty for acts and persons related to the coup and its aftermath, including "soldiers and politicia